Tuesday, or day three, we visited the Vatican properly.The tour we took through the Colosseum and Palatine Hill also offered a package through the Vatican.This was also a good idea: we were given radio earpieces so the guide didn’t have to shout and managed to see all the main sights within 2.5 hours.Apparently if you were to stop for 1 minute before every sight in the Vatican, you’d be there for 15 days straight, so I was happy to have the condensed version.
To be honest, it was good that we received some tidbits of information about the Sistine Chapel, because without that, I may have been rather unimpressed.The paintings aren’t really all that spectacular in my opinion, at least not compared to similar al frescos in other churches, but the fact that Michelangelo painted the whole damn thing entirely himself did make me appreciate it all the more.
The tombs, or sarcophagi, under the Vatican were also cool: they hold the remains of all the former popes – quite the sacred place.
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